Monjok Emmanuel, Smesny Andrea, Essien E James
Institute of Community Health, University of Houston, Texas Medical Center, 1441 Moursund Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Afr J Reprod Health. 2009 Sep;13(3):21-35.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and AIDS remain a major public health crisis in Nigeria which harbors more people living with HIV than any other country in the world, except South Africa and India. A significant challenge to the success of achieving universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010 is HIV-AIDS stigma and discrimination. Eight studies looking at some degree of measurement of stigma and discrimination in Nigeria were reviewed in an attempt to investigate the cultural context of stigma, health seeking behavior and the role both perceived and community stigma play in HIV prevention. Results suggest that reducing stigma does increase the individual as well as community acceptance of people living with HIV-AIDS (PLWHAs), but long term studies are needed. Some suggestions are recommended for future research on culture specific stigma studies in Nigeria.
人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）感染和艾滋病在尼日利亚仍然是一个重大的公共卫生危机，该国是世界上除南非和印度外，感染艾滋病毒人数最多的国家。2010年实现普及艾滋病毒预防、治疗、护理和支持工作取得成功的一个重大挑战是艾滋病毒-艾滋病的耻辱感和歧视。对尼日利亚八项关于耻辱感和歧视某种程度测量的研究进行了综述，试图调查耻辱感的文化背景、寻求健康行为以及感知到的耻辱感和社区耻辱感在艾滋病毒预防中所起的作用。结果表明，减少耻辱感确实会增加个人以及社区对艾滋病毒-艾滋病感染者（PLWHA）的接纳，但还需要长期研究。针对尼日利亚特定文化耻辱感研究的未来研究提出了一些建议。
